HackerRank's AI Features
Last updated: July 16, 2026
HackerRank offers several features within its services that use artificial intelligence, machine learning, or similar technology (AI Features).
The table below shows a comprehensive catalog of AI features grouped by product, with details on functionality, provider, and availability.
HackerRank Platform | AI Feature | AI Model Provider | Availability | Description |
Screen | HackerRank | Generally Available | Detects copied or AI-generated code with high accuracy using proprietary models built on HackerRank-only data. | |
Screen, Chakra | Amazon Rekognition, Google Gemini | Generally Available | Uses facial detection to identify multiple or no faces in the webcam frame to ensure test session integrity. | |
Screen, Chakra | Google Gemini, OpenAI | Generally Available (AI Add-on) | Analyzes screenshots to detect unauthorized tools and identify suspicious activity during a test. | |
Screen, Chakra | Google Gemini | Generally Available (AI Add-on) | Detects mobile phones and tablets in the candidate's webcam feed, captures images of the detected objects, and adds them to the candidate report for review. | |
Screen | Anthropic Claude | Generally Available (AI Add-on) | Detects patterns where candidates type and delete content in the editor that may indicate external communication. | |
Screen | OpenAI, Google Gemini, Cerebras, Anthropic Claude | Generally Available (AI Add-on) | In guarded mode, it provides real-time code completion, debugging help, and AI-generated explanations for test cases and errors. In unguarded mode, it provides features such as ask mode, plan mode, agent mode, and inline code completions powered by multiple models, enabling deep insights into how effectively a candidate leverages AI during coding. | |
Screen | Anthropic Claude, Open AI | Generally Available (AI Add-on) | Analyzes code quality (For example, complexity, maintainability), problem-solving approach, AI tool usage during coding, and automatically grades code review comments. | |
Screen | OpenAI | Generally Available | You can quickly generate a skills-based assessment by using your job description. HackerRank analyzes the job description to identify the required skills and experience level, then recommends relevant questions from the HackerRank library. | |
Interview | Amazon Rekognition | Generally Available (AI Add-on) | Compares candidate images between screening and interview to flag mismatches in real time. | |
Interview | OpenAI | Generally Available (AI Add-on) | Drafts interview feedback, highlights strengths/weaknesses, and suggests ratings—all editable by interviewers. | |
Interview | OpenAI, Google Gemini, Cerebras, Anthropic Claude | Generally Available (AI Add-on) | Provides an AI-assisted IDE featuring ask mode, plan mode, agent mode, and inline code completions powered by multiple models, enabling deep insights into how effectively a candidate leverages AI during coding. | |
Interview | Interview Transcript | Zoom | Generally Available | Transcripts capture all audio interactions and are easily accessible via email, reports, or API. |
Chakra | Anthropic Claude | Generally Available | Works with recruiters to produce a structured interview plan from the job description and role requirements, including interview sections, sample questions, and explicit assessment expectations that define what to assess and how deeply to probe. | |
Chakra | Anthropic Claude | Generally Available | Conducts the live voice-based interview by following the interview plan, asking planned questions, probing for depth, and covering all interview sections within the allotted time. | |
Chakra | OpenAI | Generally Available | Evaluates the completed interview using transcript evidence and expectation-level scoring to generate a structured evaluation report for human review. | |
Engage | Event Generator | OpenAI | Generally Available | Automates the creation of hackathons, coding competitions, and outreach events tailored to developer interests and aligned with the customer’s brand. |
Engage | Banner Image Generator | OpenAI | Generally Available | Create new banner images and modify existing ones for an event. |
SkillUp | AI Tutor | Anthropic Claude | Generally Available | Provides hints, practice challenges, and recommendations based on past performance and coding history. |
Community | OpenAI, Anthropic Claude | Generally Available | Lets candidates take AI-powered mock interviews to practice for real assessments. | |
Community | Orchestrate | OpenAI, Anthropic Claude | Generally Available | Provides an AI-native hackathon where participants build AI agents to solve real-world problems. |
Note: Some AI features listed above are part of the AI Add-on package. For more information, see HackerRank AI Add-on.